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Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Missouri Legislature Begins Final Week With Plenty Of Unfinished Business Kansas City Mayor Says State Should Allow Local Gun Rules Missouri Democrats May Use Filibuster To Force Change In FInal Week Of Regular Session Marker Recognizing Lynching In Columbia Vandalized

Regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Missouri Legislature Passes $35 Billion Budget Without Medicaid Expansion St. Louis Congresswoman Describes Nearly Losing Two Babies Columbia Police Department Investigating Vandalism of Historical Marker Missouri House Votes to Let College Athletes Cash In

It seems like everything is in a state of change right now. Health orders related to COVID-19 are loosening all across the country, hastening a return to some semblance of normalcy. Thousands of high school seniors and college students in Mid-Missouri are gearing up to graduate in-person. The University of Missouri alone will honor the accomplishments of more than 5,500 students over the next few weeks — including guest hosts Hannah France and Isabella Paxton. On this episode of The Check-In, we're talking about how to say goodbye, and how to embrace change. Today you are our guest, so let us know — how is your life changing? What advice do you have for others going through a season of change?

Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Governor Mike Parson Orders State Employees To Return To Offices On May 17 State Lawmakers Pass Bill To Close Public Records Missouri House Passes Bill That Makes Street Protests A Felony Crime, Bans Police Chokeholds Missouri Court To Mull Disciplining Gardner In Greitens Case

In this episode of the True/False Podcast: a conversation from last year's festival between filmmakers Ursula Liang and Khalik Allah. Both were at True/False to show their latest features. Liang's film Down a Dark Stairwell documents the effects of a police shooting of an unarmed Black man. Allah's film I Walk on Water pushes the boundaries of the filmmakers' relationship with those they document.

Small businesses owned by people of color and women have been hit disproportionately hard during the pandemic. Some Columbia groups have one possible answer to this: mid-Missouri’s first large-scale shared commercial kitchen, and it comes at a critical time for business owners.

Regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Parson Directs State Workers to Go Back to the Office Council Wants More Time to Ponder Training Program for Police Union: Rockwood Teachers Face Threats Over Equity Curriculum St. Louis Police Oversight Board Underminded, Report Says

The Washington Post, New York Times and NBC News all retracted false claims reported about Rudy Giuliani. How do three of the nation’s most reputable news organizations all make the same mistake? Also, a 14-year-old cheerleader’s fight for free speech, new leadership at the Los Angeles Times and remembering Aviva Okeson-Haberman, a promising young journalist. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.

This week on Discover Nature , keep an ear-, and an eye out for native bees buzzing about the bushes, trees, flowerbeds, and even the ground beneath our feet. Missouri is home to more than 450 species of native bees that play a critical role in pollinating agricultural crops and maintaining reproductive processes for native plants — in turn, supporting diverse wildlife species, soil health, and water quality. Fear not! Most of our native bee species don’t have stingers long enough to penetrate human skin. Some of the best ways we can help these perennial pollinators include: Minimize mowing and mulching; Mow-high, and delay to later in the season; Leave strips or patches of unmown, unmulched areas; Plant Missouri-native wildflowers; Always avoid use of herbicides and pesticides. Even clover, violets, and dandelions can provide our native bees critical food sources, especially in early spring before other flowers have bloomed. And since bee pollination is responsible for 1 in every 3

Here's a roundup of headlines from the region, including: Missouri House Votes to Crack Down on Highway Protests St. Louis-Area Startup Owner Announces Senate Bid Missouri House Votes Against Virus Rules for Businesses Halt to Unemployment Repayment Stalled by Contentious Amendment

Around 100 people rallied outside the Missouri State Capitol on Tuesday in response to Senate Republicans attempting to block funding for Medicaid expansion - the Expansion was approved by Missouri voters last year. People shared stories about how a lack of access to affordable health care and fear of going into medical debt has cost Missourians their jobs, their health, and even their lives. So on this episode of The Check-In Outtake, we wanted to talk about the cost of healthcare - and the cost of not getting healthcare. Hosts Janet Saidi and Isabella Paxton discussed the sacrifices we make to take care of our health, and look at the less-known impacts of a healthcare system many of us just can’t afford. They spoke with guests Jay Hancock, a senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News, and Professor Brook Gotberg, who teaches law at Brigham Young University. How have you struggled to pay for health care or medical expenses? Do you have medical debt? How is it affecting you? If

Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Columbia And Boone County Officials Set To Lift Public Health Order St. Louis, St. Louis County Ease Limits On Restaurants Senator Paul Wieland On Missouri's Medicaid Fight and Gov. Parson's Legislative Relationship Missouri Bill Would Allow Lifelong And Pet Restraining Orders

Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Senator Paul Wieland On Missouri's Medicaid Fight and Gov. Parson's Legislative Relationship Missouri Latest State to Thwart Voter Approved Policies Vaccination Rates Vary Widely Across Kansas and Missouri Police Center To Be Named After Molly Thomas Bowden City and County Health Officials Lifting Public Heal Order

Here's some headlines from around the KBIA newsroom, including: Missouri Governor Mike Parson tests positive for COVID-19 Some youth sports restrictions removed in St. Louis County Southeast Missouri counties seeing high number of cases St. Louis Police Chief hopeful after residency law change Jackson County audit find millions in problematic contracts

Regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Faculty Council Votes to Approve Duolingo English Test Pilot Program Childcare Subsidies Increase due to COVID-19 Man Killed in Kansas City; 4th Fatal Shooting in 5 Days MU Ramping up to Enforce #CampusClear Symptom Check St. Louis County Health Officials Defend Sports Ban

Here's some headlines from around the KBIA Newsroom, including: Missouri sees spike in Coronavirus hospitalizations Kansas, Missouri Are Failing Mothers, Babies And Toddlers. Five Ways To Help Young Families Local donor sends apology to CPS for explicit Facebook post Missouri House Abruptly Ends Special Session On Violent Crime, Dumps Legislation Aimed At St. Louis Circuit Attorney Audit: Clerk in town of 500 misappropriated $300,000

The University of Missouri has expelled two students and suspended three others for violating the university’s coronavirus safety policies. The university said these students were held accountable for “willful and knowing actions that threatened the safety of [the] campus and community” in a press release sent Tuesday. It also mentioned that 11 student organizations are currently under investigation for similar violations.

This week along Missouri waterways, watch for one of our state’s bright-red wildflowers in full bloom. Cardinal flower ( Lobelia cardinalis ) grows in wet environments – especially along Ozark rivers and streams, in openings of bottomland forests, ditches, sloughs, swamps, and lakes. It also grows well in cultivated rain gardens with rich, wet soils, and tolerates medium shade. From July to October, bright red flowers in dense racemes emerge from up-to-five-foot-tall stalks. Numerous alternate, dark-green, lance-shaped and finely-toothed leaves grow to six-inches long. These showy native wildflowers in the bellflower family attract pollinators such as butterflies and hummingbirds. In the waning weeks of summer, watch for the bright red flowers of cardinal flowers, feeding our late-season pollinators, and providing a splash of vibrant color along your local stream or rain garden. Learn more about cardinal flowers and other Missouri-native wildflowers at MissouriConservation.org .

Regional stories from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Missouri temporarily relaxing substitue teaching requirements MU students can face discipline for off-campus partying, but does it matter? Deputy won't be charged in Missouri woman's shooting death Remains of soldier killed in Korean War to be buried

Regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Columbia's Grab-and-Go Meal Service Resumed Tuesday Attorney General Announces DNA "Hits" From Rape Kit Testing Effort Parson Says Colleges, Universities Off To Good Start As More Than 1,100 MU Students Test Positive Missouri Democrat Running For Governor Unveils Health Agenda